?JUST IN:Top Lawmakers Join Majority SP Cayetano VP Sara Impeachment Marcoleta VS Sotto Heated Excha

Today the Senate is set to convene as an impeachment court for the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte. One of the standing senator-judges, believes the work of the impeachment court should no longer be obstructed.For many of the senators who backed Cayetano, support for his leadership reflects overlapping political loyalties, strategic alliances, or both.Alan Peter Cayetano was elected Senate president on amid the looming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The House of Representatives impeached Duterte for the second time on the same day. Cayetano replaced Tito Sotto as Senate president.Cayetano, a known Duterte ally, however, denied that the leadership shake-up had something to do with the Vice President’s impeachment trial.Cayetano’s political ties to the Duterte family run deep. In 2016, he was Rodrigo Duterte’s running mate when the latter won the presidency.